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Rh wiſhes of idleneſs, and a childiſh fondneſs for pretty things not regulated by reaſon, would relieve the miſery that my ſoul ſhrinks back from contemplating.

CHAP. XXV.

Mrs. Maſon's farewel Advice to her young Friends.

HE day before Mrs. Maſon was to leave her pupils, ſhe took a hand of each, and preſſing them tenderly in her own, tears ſtarted into her eyes—I tremble for you, my dear girls, for you muſt now practiſe by yourſelves ſome of the virtues which I have been endeavouring to inculcate; and I ſhall anxiouſly wait for the ſummer, to ſee what progreſs you have made by yourſelves.

We have converſed on ſeveral very important ſubjects; pray do not forget the concluſions I have drawn. Rh